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IGNOU BEGC-111 (July 2025 – January 2026) Assignment Questions
Section A
1. Explain with reference to the context any four of the following.
(a) I wonder if when Years have piled–
Some Thousands –on the Harm–
That hurt them early–such a lapse
Could give them any Balm–
(b) When some day in distant parts she dwells
Where what the people be like? I know not,
Will they awaken her on gentle, mellow sounds?
Or, will they, I misgive, snatch her sleep away?
(c) I willed my Keepsakes – Signed away
What portion of me be
Assignable – and then it was
There interposed a Fly–
(d) They’ve quickened now, with life.
Even as you wash rice, fish, vegetables
Even as you peel, cut, bake, stir and cook
The thieving letters on the wall will take wings
(e) But you stand still where the string was broken,
You never guess how many forms you gave me,
I, like Lalla, rose in the late hours of the night,
and lulled you in my lap and woke you up.
Section B
2. Discuss Pandita Ramabai’s contribution to the genre of autobiography. 10
3. Discuss the themes of Dickinson’s poems. 10
4. ‘Sunlight on a Broken Column’ works through juxtapositions, parallels and polarities. Elaborate.
5. What does the kitchen mean to different women and men? Comment on the symbolic importance of the kitchen in ‘A Kitchen in the Corner of the House’, by C.S. Lakshmi.
Section C
6. Comment on: The ‘Yellow Wallpaper’ as a self-confessional, psychological thriller.
7. In A ‘Cup of Tea’ by Katherine Mansfield, the emphasis is on situations rather than the character. Comment on the plot and style of the story.
IGNOU BEGC-111 (July 2024 – January 2025) Assignment Questions
Section A
1 Explain the following giving reference to the context.
a) Even as you wash rice, fish, vegetables
even as you peel, cut, bake, stir and cook
the thieving letters on the wall take wings.
b) I wonder if it hurts to live–
And if They have to try–
And whether–could They choose between– It would not be–to die–
c) For all of them, whose feet devouring rough,
Miles, grow cracks on the heels, so that when they
Clambered up our porch, the noise was grating,
Strange.
d) wonder if it hurts to live –
And if They have to try –
And whether – could They choose between –
It would not be – to die –
e) For the akshara you scratched
on the walls so furtively,
the akshara you tried to match
with the sounds you heard
They’ve quickened now, with life.
Section B
2. What do you understand by ‘heroic code’? To what extent is it found in Chandrabati Ramayana?
3. Define autobiography. Bring out Pandita Ramabai’s contribution to this genre.
4. How does Pandita Ramabai qualify as an educationist, social reformer and crusader for women’s rights?
5. Comment on the view of Jiji regarding the authority a woman has in a household. Is it true power? Why or why not? Comment on the symbolic value of the kitchen in the story.
Section C
6. “The predominant issue and theme in Sunlight On A Broken Column emerges from the situations that focus on a woman caught in the crisis of a transitional society.” Elaborate.
7. Write a note on the poetic technique of Emily Dickinson with special reference to diction,meter, imagery and metaphor.
